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Known Sex Offender Found Near McBride

By 250 News

Tuesday, April 20, 2010 02:40 PM

Prince George, B.C. – A known child sexual offender who had wandered away from his Vancouver half way house, has been found near McBride.
The Vancouver Police Department had issued a release and a photo of Gerald McLean on April 15th after he failed to return to his halfway house in Vancouver. Staying at the half way house was a condition of his parole.
 
RCMP in McBride received 2 calls about the possible whereabouts of McLean saying he may have been  staying on an undeveloped property in Dome Creek, BC, approx 1 hour west of McBride.
 
Two  officers from the McBride RCMP Detachment went to the Dome Creek area on the weekend , and found evidence to suggest McLean had set up camp on the property.
 
The officers  conducted a brief search of the area surrounding the camp and located McLean on a roadway. McLean is alleged to have been in possession of a rifle, which he is not allowed to have. He was taken into custody without incident and was immediately transferred to the Prince George Regional Correctional Center where he is awaiting a return to the Vancouver area.
 
A report to Crown Council will be forwarded shortly with respect to possible charges related to the firearm.

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Comment Posted by: alex1212 on April 20 2010 4:47 PM
does he make as much as clifford olson? what the hell has happened to us all !!
Comment Posted by: Don Frye on April 20 2010 4:59 PM
someone in mcbride should of just killed the goof
Comment Posted by: Vdesign on April 20 2010 5:45 PM
The parole board that released him early should be fired for gross negligence.

Actually if a released criminal commits a crime, I think they should be held liable, as it was their actions that allowed the criminal to reoffend, and thus you should be allowed to sue them, for the suffering you have to endure due to their inadequate job performance.
Comment Posted by: MrPG on April 20 2010 7:43 PM
"Actually if a released criminal commits a crime, I think they should be held liable"

Nice thought, but if that were the case, nobody would ever get released, and nobody would get involved in parole boards.

That being said, it sickens me to see what kind of scum pass through our halfway houses.
Comment Posted by: My3Centsworth on April 20 2010 8:13 PM
If they knew they'd never get released, maybe they wouldn't commit the crime.
Comment Posted by: Harbinger on April 20 2010 9:20 PM
No folks around McBride have access to a "wide oak tree"?
Comment Posted by: whatintheheck on April 21 2010 6:20 AM
Wow, he sure found access to a gun quickly. And why Dome Creek? from Vancouver? I cringe to think of what could have happened from point A to point B. This person should never be free. Throw away the key....
Comment Posted by: metalman on April 21 2010 8:39 AM
"No folks around McBride have access to a wide oak tree"
It would be horribly ironic to end up imprisoned for life because you solved a serious problem for society. Such is law, but would you have it any other way?
metalman.
Comment Posted by: yellow shovel on April 21 2010 9:06 AM
Makes one wonder who's out there we don't know about....who just wandered away...released too early...should never be released!
Comment Posted by: Harbinger on April 21 2010 7:22 PM
"imprisoned fer life?" "Life" is 8 years? Or even less if you feign sorrow and remorse. Or claim yer a loonie and then you get a home in a funny farm til you can convince the "sane" people you ain't a loon anymore. Big circle. Would be nice to have a jury "of peers". But then again, we are civilized, aren't we?